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lord-squiggletits · 4 days ago

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Honestly it annoys me that pride, ambition, and generally having a big ego are always villainous/evil-coded personality traits because personally I think if you genuinely are a prodigy at what you do you are 100% within your rights, perhaps even deserving, of flaunting your skills and being proud of the fact you can do something that only a small fraction of other people can do. Is it even ego at that point if you genuinely are as good at your field/skill as you say you are? Are people not aware that becoming a prodigy at something is something that takes lifelong sacrifice and practice sometimes to the point of giving up on having a normal life, relationships, etc even potentially destroying your own health???? God I fucking hate how pride in your own skills and ambition are so villain coded all the time. As if it's evil to want to be good at something and be recognized for what you rightfully earned

#squiggposting #this is part of why i like pharma obviously lol but it's happened to me w #other blorbos ive had in the past #bc like full offense if you're capable of doing something like partially inventing the cures to 5 different terminal diseases #in only a few months/a year of research. or if you can do an organ donation and replacement surgery #with yourself as one of the donors. you literally ARE the best doctor who has ever lived #and you DESERVE to flaunt it bc. what fucking achievement is higher than that???#some feats demand recognition in my opinion. maybe it's just bc I've always been competitive #and from a young age enjoyed a (relative) degree of fame for being really good at certain things #ive always enjoyed being an object of awe bc bitch i spent my whole life working to be this good #do i hold it over ppl or treat them badly for not being as good as me? i admit i used to but i grew out of it #but the ego? certainly not. i think if you're good at something you should own it #i think if you're a prodigy and put your skills into doing good work youve earned your fame and recognition #this expectation of false humility we have is sooooo annoying #ohhhh boo hoo pharma is a little bit of an annoying asshole about being a better doctor than ratchet #the cures he helped design will save literal thousands of lives from now until the rest of time #but somehow the way he FEELS about it is more important than the CONCRETE POSITIVE GAIN he put into the universe?#and also in general i hate it when ppl assume that pride/ego and being kind towards others are mutually exclusive #in general i feel like i could write an essay about how self vs others is treated as a dichotomy #where it's assumed that in order to uplift others you have to self efface and diminish yourself #or if you flaunt yourself it automatically means you're putting down others. it's not true.#video essay topic for later lol

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